Gopalacampu 1.14.101

1.14.101

[80] paurṇamāsī uvāca-rasa-viśeṣa-sampādayitrī līlāvaśyakatāvasara-vaicitrīyaṃ sītāyā rāvaṇa-gṛha-gativan nāsmābhir apy anyathā kartuṃ śakyate | rasa-viśeṣaś caivam eva saṅgacchate | bhrama-janitatvād aślīlatā-viśliṣṭe para-sambandhasyābhāsa-mātre dṛṣṭe sati tāsāṃ para-nivāraṇa-kuṇṭhitānām utkaṇṭhā-vardhanataḥ sphurad-akharva-sukha-gatyāṃ sarvāyatyāṃ viśrānta-bhrama-nitānta-sthiratā-nirata-kānta-prāptitas tasyātīva dīptatā-prāptir iti | tathā ca bhaviṣyat-kāvyeṣu śrīmad-ujjvala-nīlamaṇau pramāṇī-kṛtaṃ prācāṃ matam | tatra mūlaṃ yathā-

Paurṇamāsī said: "This manifold wonder of the necessity of the divine play, which produces a special aesthetic rasa, cannot be altered even by us, just like Sītā's going to Rāvaṇa's abode. And the special rasa is brought about only in this way: since it arises from an illusion, when there is seen only a semblance of a connection with another, devoid of impropriety, then—owing to the increase of longing in those women who are restrained by the obstruction of others—in the future when their glorious, immense joy unfolds, through the attainment of their beloved who is entirely devoted to supreme stability with illusion having subsided, that [rasa] attains an exceeding brilliance. And thus in future works, in the venerable Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi, the opinion of the ancients is cited as authority. There the root [text] is as follows: